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NEW YORK – A complete of 4 members of the UW males’s basketball staff earned All-BIG EAST honors, the convention workplace introduced Sunday (March 10). Tristen Newton and Cam Spencer each earned first-team all-conference spots, and Donovan Clingan was named all-league honorable point out. Rounding out the all-conference honors is the unanimous collection of Stephon Castle to the All-Freshman staff.
Adama Sanogo and Jordan Hawkins had been each first-team choices a season in the past, and Sanogo and R.J. was chosen to the All-BIG EAST First Team. Castle is the Huskies’ fifth All-Freshman choice up to now 4 years, and UW has had a rookie on its staff yearly since returning to the league.
Individual honors and main awards might be introduced later this week.
Newton, a local of El Paso, Texas, was a unanimous first-team all-conference choice after an everyday season through which he led Connecticut in factors, rebounds and assists per sport. During league play, Newton averaged 14.3 factors, 7.3 rebounds, and 5.8 assists per sport. He had six double-doubles within the convention, together with a triple-double on Feb. 24 in opposition to Villanova. The honor for Newton comes after he was not named to any preseason all-conference groups.
Spencer’s choice to the primary staff was introduced within the midst of an extremely environment friendly offensive season for the fifth-year graduate switch. The Davidsonville, Maryland, native averaged 14.2 factors per sport in league play, capturing 49.2 % from the ground and 44.4 % from 3-point vary. He added 5.0 rebounds and three.3 assists per sport, and had 65 assists in opposition to simply 18 turnovers in convention play. Spencer additionally led the Huskies with 1.5 steals per sport in BIG EAST play.
Clingan earned a spot on All-BIG EAST honorable point out honors regardless of lacking 5 league video games early in convention play. The massive man from Bristol, Conn., performed simply 21.7 minutes in 15 league video games, averaging 11.3 factors and seven.5 rebounds per sport whereas capturing 63.6 % from the ground. Clingan recorded three double-doubles in league play and blocked 2.4 photographs per sport, which was tops on the Huskies.
Castle, the one unanimous choice to the BIG EAST’s All-Freshman staff, has been a star in league play and has improved after lacking six video games within the early non-conference interval. The Covington, Georgia, native averaged 11.8 factors, 4.4 rebounds and three.0 assists per sport within the BIG EAST, all of which had been tops amongst league rookies. He was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week a league-record 11 occasions, surpassing the ten held by Carmelo Anthony within the 2002-03 season. Consistently drawing defensive matchups in opposition to opposing groups’ main scorers, Castle added 19 steals and 11 blocks throughout convention motion.
The Huskies might be again in motion within the BIG EAST Tournament on Thursday, March 14th, when they may face both Butler or Xavier within the quarterfinals at midday.